From: Howard C. Berkowitz (hcb@gettcomm.com)
Date: Sun May 09 2004 - 17:41:41 GMT-3
At 12:24 PM -0700 5/9/04, John Kaberna wrote:
>If you trust that the CCIE page is always accurate you're in for a
>disappointment. I can guarantee that the page is often not completely
>accurate and there are many differences from one location to another.
>
>Whether the equipment is currently being tested or not is irrelevant. It's
>on the blueprint so you have to study it. The Certificate Authority, for
>example, is also on the blueprint, but that does not mean it will be in the
>exam that you receive. Asking someone if the CA is in the lab is a
>potential NDA violation if you say anything other than it is on the list.
To say nothing of the nuance that a CA may be in the lab building,
but not part of your test pod/rack.
>The same goes for asking which equipment was in someone's exam. Part of
>what makes the lab difficult is not knowing which topics/equipment you will
>get. So, if someone confirms that a particular device is not in the lab
>does make it easier because then people do not study for that device.
>However, I believe that if Cisco makes an announcement that a certain
>device, software version, technology, etc. will be tested beginning on a
>certain date they should adhere to that announcement. At this point that
>does not appear to be happening.
I have operated on the assumption that if Cisco says a particular
device is not in the lab, a feature specific to that device will not
be tested. For example, NonStop Forwarding is specific to the 6500 at
present.
Do not make assumptions that devices will be used in their
conventional manner. It could be dangerous to assume that only L2
switching configurations that can be constructed with a pair of 3550s
will be present, and forget that bridging/L2 switching can be
configured on router platforms.
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